5.3
MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVE-2025-9039
Amazon ECS Agent Cross-Site Access Vulnerability
Description

We identified an issue in the Amazon ECS agent where, under certain conditions, an introspection server could be accessed off-host by another instance if the instances are in the same security group or if their security groups allow incoming connections that include the port where the server is hosted. This issue does not affect instances where the option to allow off-host access to the introspection server is set to 'false'. This issue has been addressed in ECS agent version 1.97.1. We recommend upgrading to the latest version and ensuring any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes. If customers cannot update to the latest AMI, they can modify the Amazon EC2 security groups to restrict incoming access to the introspection server port (51678).

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 14, 2025, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 15, 2025, 1:12 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-9039.

URL Resource
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-018/
https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/releases/tag/v1.97.1
https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/security/advisories/GHSA-wm7x-ww72-r77q
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-9039 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5

    Aug. 14, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description We identified an issue in the Amazon ECS agent where, under certain conditions, an introspection server could be accessed off-host by another instance if the instances are in the same security group or if their security groups allow incoming connections that include the port where the server is hosted. This issue does not affect instances where the option to allow off-host access to the introspection server is set to 'false'. This issue has been addressed in ECS agent version 1.97.1. We recommend upgrading to the latest version and ensuring any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes. If customers cannot update to the latest AMI, they can modify the Amazon EC2 security groups to restrict incoming access to the introspection server port (51678).
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-277
    Added Reference https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-018/
    Added Reference https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/releases/tag/v1.97.1
    Added Reference https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/security/advisories/GHSA-wm7x-ww72-r77q
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.3
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Base CVSS Score: 4.3
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